{"id":10698,"date":"2017-03-29T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/03\/29\/cristiano-ronaldos-new-bronze-bust-is-turning-heads\/"},"modified":"2017-03-29T22:08:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T22:08:00","slug":"cristiano-ronaldos-new-bronze-bust-is-turning-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/cristiano-ronaldos-new-bronze-bust-is-turning-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo's New Bronze Bust Is Turning Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Colin Dwyer<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n Look upon the bust of Ronaldo and quake, for its unending gaze stareth into thy soul.<\/p>\n

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Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the world’s most recognizable people.<\/p>\n

An international soccer superstar, blessed with good looks and a golden foot, Ronaldo indisputably stands as one of the greatest to take the pitch. He’s so beloved, in fact, that he just got an international airport<\/a> named after him in his native Madeira Islands in Portugal \u2014 plus a bust fashioned in his likeness.<\/p>\n

“Seeing my name being given to this airport is something very special,” Ronaldo told reporters at the unveiling Wednesday. “Everyone knows that I am proud of my country and especially my home city.”<\/p>\n

It was a lovely, heartfelt moment \u2014 but real quick, could we get back to that bust?<\/p>\n

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\n Now, now, we know what you’re thinking: How will I ever tell them apart?<\/em><\/p>\n

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It is, well … perhaps a bit inaccurate to say it’s his likeness<\/em>. The bust to some may bear less of a resemblance to the legendary forward than it does to another figure of recent legend: “Scary Lucy,”<\/a> the life-size bronze statue of Lucille Ball that bared its teeth at park-goers for years in Celoron, N.Y.<\/p>\n